The Natural Corrals is an

Area of Critical Environmental Concern Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) is a conservation ecology program in the Western United States, managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The ACEC program was conceived in the 1976 Federal Lands Policy and Management Act ( ...

and an

archeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...

Sweetwater County, Wyoming Sweetwater County is a County (United States), county in southwestern Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 42,272, making it the List of counties in Wyoming, fourth-most populous county in Wyoming. Its ...

. The Natural Corrals Archeological Site has

Smithsonian trinomial A Smithsonian trinomial (formally the Smithsonian Institution Trinomial System, abbreviated SITS) is a unique identifier assigned to archaeological sites in many states in the United States. Trinomials are composed of a one or two digit coding fo ...

designation of 48SW336. The Natural Corrals Area of Critical Environmental Concern, is a area "of unique geologic and cultural features." The area was used in prehistory as a camp area and the natural corrals present may have been used for bison kills. It is on

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-administered lands. A area of the site was listed on the U.S.

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in 1987. It was deemed important for its potential to yield information in the future. The National Register does not publicly release the location; it is recorded as "Address restricted".

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External links

Natural Corrals Archeological Site
at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming Corrals Geography of Sweetwater County, Wyoming National Register of Historic Places in Sweetwater County, Wyoming {{Wyoming-NRHP-stub